Horse-overshoe.



An HORSE ovBnsHoE. APPLIOATIGN TILED IABJG, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW BOYD, OF NEW YORK, N. VY., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO JOI-IN KREBS,0F

. NEW YORK, N. Y.

HORSE-OVERSHOE.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Application led March 1G, 1910. Serial No. 549,585.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW BOYD, a citi- Zen of the United States, and aresident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Horse-Overshoe,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to horse overshoes, my more particular purposebeing to provide an overshoe detachably connected with the ordinaryhorseshoe and with the hoof, in such manner as to partially inclose thesame.

My invention further relates to details in the construction of horseovershoes, whereby their' elliciency is increased. v

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specilication, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing one of my improved horse overshoesas applied to the foot of a horse; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the horseovershoe, showing the ordinary horseshoe as detached from the horsesfoot and resting within the overshoe; and Fig. 3 is a cross sectionthrough the device shown in Fio. 2.

Twin plates 4, 5 are provided with portions 6, 7 integral therewith andturned upwardly. The plate 5 is provided with hinge eyes 8, 9, the plate4 having a single central hinge eye 10. A hinge rod 11 extends throughthe hinge eyes 8, 9, 10, so as to connect the two plates 4, 5 togetherby aid of'a hinge connection, as will be understood from Fig. 2. Mountedupon the plates 4, 5 and extending below the same are calks 11a, for theprevention of slipping. At 12 is a horseshoe which may be of the usualor any desired pattern. This horseshoe is provided with a toe piece 13integral with it and' turned upwardly and slightly inward.

The horseshoe 12 is further provided with calks 14, 15. The upturnedportions 6, 7 of the plates 4, 5 are provided with slots 6a, andextending through these slots is a strap 16 provided with a buckle 17.The strap partially encircles the hoof 18 of the horse. The horseshoe 12is secured by nailing in the usual manner upon the hoof.

The operation of my device is as follows: A horseshoe 12 having alreadybeen mount ed upon the horses hoof 18, the horses foot is broughtbetween the portions 6, 7 of the plates 4, 5 and the strap 16 is thentightened by aid of the buckle 17. The overshoe as a whole, comprisesthe plates 4, 5 provided with their calks 11a and further provided withthe upturned portions 6, 7 and the hinge connection between the plates.

In order to take off the over-shoe, the operator merely loosens thestrap 1G and extricates the horses foot from the overshoe. The twoplates 4, 5, because of their hinge connection, are adapted to swingrelatively to each other within proper limits except when confined byaid of the strap 1G. The upturned portions 6, 7 can therefore swingtoward and from each other, except when the overshoe is upon the horsesfoot.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

A horse overshoe, comprising a pair of plates disposed edge to edge, oneof said plates being provided toward its front with a hinge eye, andfurther provided toward its rear with another hinge eye, the other ofsaid plates having a hinge eye located adjacent to its proximate middleand between the two eyes first mentioned, all three of said eyesextending from the proximate center of the toe portion to the proximatecenter of the heel portion, a hinge rod eX tending throu h all of saidhinge eyes for the purpose o connecting said plates flexibly together,and means for connecting said plates with the foot of a horse.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANDREW BOYD.

Witnesses:

JOHN KREBs, WALTON I-IARRIsoN.

Patented July 5, 19.10.

